Vēral is identified as Ciṟu-mūṅkil by Naccinarkiniyar , lexicon identifies ciṟumūṅkil as Dendrocalamus strictus. Sami has identified it as arundinaria wightiana. Sami bases his identification from Naṟṟiṇai 232 poem description of this plant near sholas forming live fences for small mountain village. The vernacular name of this plant is Chewari and it is common on the Nilgris where it covers the upper slopes of the hills above 1800 m, chiefly as an under wood in the evergreen sholas.

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Hello, It is a wonderful work. Many of the flower I saw I do not know the name of them. Along with the poetic name, prevailing name may also be added to easy recognization. For example VADAVANAM is Alalamaram and AAVIRAI is Aaavaram poo. Thanking you